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  1. But is it art? on Revisiting Ebert — Games Can Be Art, But Are They? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I didn't realise art had to be *good* to be /art/. Like, I've seen loads of mediocre paintings, etc. and I'm pretty sure they're still counted as art.

    This whole thing sounds like pretentious BS to me, and that whole world revolves round having something to look down on.

  2. Re:He would have made more... on Trumpet Winsock Creator Made Little Money · · Score: 1

    The NT3.51 ones were even better - installing a service pack got you the full unlocked version.

  3. Re:WANT! on $30 GPS Jammer Can Wreak Havok · · Score: 1

    That's nice and all, but I'm not the author of the comment you're replying to, so I don't know why you tacked this onto my post.

  4. Re:Sex is a reward on Why Do Videogames Struggle With Sex? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Orgasm's the reward - offspring are the dirty trick.

  5. Re:Ha ha! on $30 GPS Jammer Can Wreak Havok · · Score: 1

    I already know I'm directly above the centre of the earth! Duh!

  6. Re:WANT! on $30 GPS Jammer Can Wreak Havok · · Score: 2

    So they can be heard over the background noise of engines and whinging - HTH.

  7. Re:Why was it ever relevant? on Sony, Universal Hope To Beat Piracy With 'Instant Pop' · · Score: 4, Informative

    So that a single would enter the charts at a high position, thus ensuring prominence and further sales.

  8. Re:So anyone with a playlist can be a DJ now? on iPad + Macintosh Plus = Crazy Visualizer Helmet · · Score: 3, Interesting

    You obviously go to shit parties - most of the raves I've been to have been immeasurably improved by the fact the music seamlessly blends from one track to the next. It's vital for keeping the thread of energy going. The DJs are up the front, centre stage, the VJs near by, everyone's clearly enjoying themselves, as there's huge amounts of applause and shouts of appreciation when they've finished their set.

  9. Re:Or Ostrich on Scientists Advocate Replacing Cattle With Insects · · Score: 1

    Sous vide is the answer.

  10. Re:Smaller goals on Single-Player Game Model 'Finished,' Says EA Exec · · Score: 1

    No, you didn't, idiot. His point is that people with more experience points get an easier ride.

  11. Re:Chess on Have I Lost My Gaming Mojo? · · Score: 4, Insightful

    An AI might be predictable, but at least it's not a douchebag.

  12. Re:open vs closed on Woz Says Android Will Dominate · · Score: 1

    10 different phones to redesign for, 10 different phones to test on, 10 different sets of platform specific bugs to work around, 10 different ways for your customer to be disappointed when the app can't provide the functionality they expected because of hardware limitations. All this, and it's only going to get worse as Android's market penetration increases.

  13. XMLVM? on Apple Deprecates Their JVM · · Score: 1

    Could http://www.xmlvm.org/ step into the gap, turning JVM code into a native application?

  14. Re:News For Nerds??? Stuff That Matters??? on Apple's Long Road To $300 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Money doesn't have to be the endin itself, it can be the means to an end. They may have just invested because they had fond memories of their Apple ][. Just by chance, they now might have the luxury of being able to geek away to their hearts content, without having to worry about the roof over their head, or where the next packet of cheetos is going to come from. Given the propensity for nerds to give their work away, this is quite a beneficial state for them to be in.

  15. Re:Big Brother? Not Quite. on Big Brother In the School Cafeteria? · · Score: 1

    All those ingredients can have a place in good quality food, and for different reasons than in crap food. It makes far more sense to say "Don't eat shit" than to just ignorantly make blanket statements against additives.

  16. Re:The staples on Cooking For Geeks · · Score: 1

    Wow, you must know some really boring geeks.

  17. Re:Big Brother? Not Quite. on Big Brother In the School Cafeteria? · · Score: 1

    You're an idiot - perhaps you should look up what those E numbers actually are?

  18. Re:Is it just me? on A Million Kids Misdiagnosed with ADHD? · · Score: 2, Insightful

    You obviously don't know anyone with real ADHD, then. I know people who still suffer from it as adults, and the frustration the mental turmoil causes them when they're not being medicated causes them severe emotional distress.

  19. Re:Is it just me? on A Million Kids Misdiagnosed with ADHD? · · Score: 4, Informative

    "Throwing drugs down their throat to turn them into the kid that is more convenient and calm"

    If the kid doesn't have ADHD, the drugs will likely do the exact opposite.

  20. Re:ADHD is real on A Million Kids Misdiagnosed with ADHD? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Absolutely. If you give dopaminergic stimulants to someone who's neurotypical, you'll watch them bounce off the ceiling. If they've got ADHD, they'll likely get calm and productive, up to a point, after which, from my observation, they start getting sleepy.

  21. Re:That's just as wrong as mono on Lightspark 0.4.2 Open Source Flash Player Released · · Score: 1

    You appear to have made a pretty much random list of technologies/programs - why?

  22. Re:Seriously? on Sound As the New Illegal Narcotic? · · Score: 1

    Ditto for pain. Even in some supposed civilised countries, you can only consent to being injured if it's for sporting reasons, rather than because you enjoy it.

  23. Re:This assumes... on Toyota Sudden Acceleration Is Driver Error · · Score: 1

    One would presume that the black box records more than simply the inputs, but also all the servo feedback data...

  24. Re:Dollars? US companies? on UK Video Game Tax Relief Cancelled · · Score: 3, Funny

    Because, of course, the French would *never* be biased against things English...

  25. Re:Dollars? US companies? on UK Video Game Tax Relief Cancelled · · Score: 4, Funny

    Um, I think you'll find the UK has a huge variety of traditionally made cheeses, above and beyond that of many continental countries.